Biology:Canscora bhatiana
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Short description: Species of plant
| Canscora bhatiana | |
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| Plant and flower from Karakkund | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Canscora |
| Species: | C. bhatiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Canscora bhatiana K.S.Prasad & Raveendran
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| Synonyms | |
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Canscorinella bhatiana (K.S.Prasad & Raveendran) Shahina & Nampy | |
Canscora bhatiana is a flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is named after Prof. K. Gopalakrishna Bhat, Department of Botany, Poornaprajna College, Udupi. [1][2]
Description
Grows up to 12-24 cm high and is apically branched with quadrangular stem. Upper leaves are considerably reduced and lower leaves are sessile. Pink flowers with 4-5 petals are pedicellate and appear in dichasial cyme inflorescence.[1]
Distribution
Canscora bhatiana grows in exposed laterite rocks in the lateritic hills of Northern Kerala in Peninsular India. Flowering and fruiting season is during August to October.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prasad, Subrahmanya (4 October 2012). "CANSCORA BHATIANA (GENTIANACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM KERALA, INDIA". International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences 2 (4): 197-201. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304351584_CANSCORA_BHATIANA_GENTIANACEAE_A_NEW_SPECIES_FROM_KERALA_INDIA.
- ↑ "Canscorinella bhatiana (K.S.Prasad & Raveendran) Shahina & Nampy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77140333-1.
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